Cost of Living
There are no tuition fees for our PhD program. There is only a semester fee of 300 Euro per term. It includes free public transportation on buses, trams and local trains in the province of Northrhine-Westfalia. It also permits you to have meals at a "mensa", a university cafeteria, at reasonable prices.
To be enrolled as a student at the university, health insurance valid in Germany is mandatory.
The following list gives a rough estimate of the living expenses per month for a student in Bonn.
Living expenses per month
housing | 600 Euro |
food | 300 Euro |
clothes, etc. | 100 Euro |
books, etc. | 80 Euro |
others | 150 Euro |
Total | 1230 Euro |
plus semester fees per term | 300 Euro |